lornecherry
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| Best Tube Amp under 5K There's a pair of Aranov's 110W on auction now that would probably sell for $2,500 or so. These are self biasing, simply replace the 6550's with 8- KT88 and the magic begins. I use the Aranovs with a Placette active line stage, SCD-1 and a Rel to ... | |
| Why so many Flaky Buyers? ... and don't forget the deteriorating economy. Most of us now have less disposable income then before, hence more "window shopping" and fewer firm sales. I have friends in the car business who have a much worse time then what you've cited above..... | |
| Dunlavy SC-VI I'm curious as to the sonic differences between the Vs and VIs? Dunlavy literature simply says the VIs go a touch lower, but both speakers are flat anyway. Do VIs have a different sonic signature? Do they seem more efficient? ... or what is it tha... | |
| Any opinions on Classe Preamps? Had a CP-60 and it was good but not great, IMHO opinion. I A/B extensively against the Placette, and Classe was constantly 2nd -- not a distant second, but second none the less. There are lots of good preamps worth considering in the $1 -$2K range... | |
| Absolute Best power amp, tube ss Did we miss suggesting Halcro SS amps? They are beginning to show up more and more in high end demo rooms. I'd like to listen to them A/B against the ML 33's I'm sure that would be an interesting omparison. I've heard both separately but never in ... | |
| Wow I never knew that THX was not a format at all THX in home theatre is very misunderstood. In real basic terms, THX certification means that the amplifier or other component meets specific requirements, mainly output DB at a certain distance for sound , or in the case of speakers, the ability t... | |
| Best interconnects 2m for less than 200/pr used Stealth Silver (about $150 on auction). TMC Yellows sound great but are a pain in the ass (too stiff and connectors that don't tighten down). Both these cables do duty on my DVD-A and SACD systems where I need a lot of relatively inexpensice cable... | |
| What Would you Trade your System FOR? I had a chance to drive a 2000 Viper GTS and a Ferrari 355 drop top, each for a weekend last summer. The Viper was big and powerful but with no finesse and a real chore to drive quickly. The Ferrari, on the hand, was sweet and responsive and I wou... | |
| Which Classe Amps? Hi: I've owned the 301 and also listened to the CA 150 extensively. In my opinion, the 150 is far to weak for your Theils, which are not the most efficient speaker. I heard the 150 vs 500 on a home theatre system with ML Requests and the 150 could... | |
| suround SACD availability There are about 40 available with lots more due by Xmas. The new format is quite an expereince. | |
| Cary 306/200 vs Marantz SA-1 vs Sony SCD-1 Abe, I don't want to oversell the XA777ES (at least not till it's fully broken in). I'm going to provisionally put it on par with a Meridian 508.24 for Redbook (which can be had used for about the same $2K as a XA777ES). But I'm not sure about the... | |
| Suspicous Speaker Auction ? I was once in an eBay auction for a car when the same thing happened. In my case the "winning bidder" retracted with 5 minutes left after bidding the car up. I complained about this "shill bidding" (which is very illegal) and to my surprise eBay c... | |
| Cary 306/200 vs Marantz SA-1 vs Sony SCD-1 I agree with Abe. But, I just got the new Sony XA777ES multichannel SACD and its redbook FAR exceeds that of my SCD-1 + there's the mulichannel SACD, which is really captivating with the right recording. It's hard to admit ... but the newer techno... | |
| Wadia, Audio Aero, Meridian, BAT and BOW Wait a minute.... I'm from Canada and wer're underprivilged too :). Seriously, if we can get the AA Capitole for $2800 US, we could probably place a bulk order and save on freight. With an order of 5 or so players, the factory might no be so again... | |
| Help Classe CA300 flashing Green Light Hi Glen: ya that was insane. I use to write ads for a living, and as such, have found those skills come in handy when selling stuff on eBay that I bought on Audiogon. All in all, I made $300 on the pre and $650 on the amp. Never intended to try an... |